a16z has raised over $15B across multiple new funds to cement U.S. leadership in foundational technologies like AI and crypto, arguing that American dominance in these architectures is essential to preserving the country’s economic, military, and cultural primacy while channeling the benefits of future innovation primarily to America, its citizens, and allied nations.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced that it has raised more than $15 billion for a new suite of funds targeted at what it describes as “foundational technologies” for U.S. power, especially AI and crypto, alongside sectors such as defense, infrastructure, bio/health, and applications. The new capital is split across multiple vehicles: $6.75 billion for a Growth fund, $1.176 billion for its American Dynamism fund focused on defense and security-related startups, $1.7 billion each for Apps and Infrastructure funds, $700 million for Bio + Health, and about $3 billion for other venture strategies. According to a16z co‑founder Ben Horowitz, this raise accounts for over 18% of all U.S. venture dollars allocated in 2025, underscoring the firm’s scale and influence in shaping the next wave of U.S.-based technology companies. In an accompanying manifesto-style essay, Horowitz frames the fundraising as part of a broader geopolitical and ideological project: ensuring that America “wins the next 100 years of technology,” starting with controlling key “architectures of the future” such as AI models and crypto protocols. He argues that if the U.S. loses technological leadership—particularly to China—it risks losing economic, military, and cultural primacy, and that the benefits of future innovation should primarily accrue to the U.S., its citizens, and allied nations. This stance aligns with the firm’s American Dynamism thesis, which explicitly backs companies in areas like defense, public safety, and critical infrastructure with the goal of reinforcing American national security and industrial capacity. For crypto and AI, the message is that these technologies are now treated not just as financial or productivity tools, but as strategic infrastructure whose ownership, regulation, and development paths have national security implications—making a16z’s deployment choices relevant to debates over tech sovereignty, U.S.–China competition, and the regulatory environments for AI and Web3. "entities":["Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)","Ben Horowitz","American Dynamism (a16z fund/practice)","a16z Growth fund","a16z Apps fund","a16z Infrastructure fund","a16z Bio + Health fund","AI (artificial intelligence)","crypto / cryptocurrency / crypto protocols","United States (U.S.)","China","a16z Limited Partners (LPs), including endowments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds (general category)"]}`

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